How is the reverse osmosis to maintain/clean? We use a humidifier in the winter and I constantly have to wash it to keep mold from growing in it.
Also re: cardiovascular health, this is a subject I recently took upon myself to learn more about. I had some bloodwork done and found I have high Apo-B (a type of cholesterol for you nerds). It's worth getting an advanced panel to check out your own levels. Exercise doesn't bring it down, only diet and sometimes pharma. I didn't realize that it isn't just fat intake but also insulin spikes from refined carbs, sugar, etc. that ultimately lead to higher LDL. The body is a fascinating thing!
Reverse-osmosis: The one I have is minimal maintenance. I change the filter cartridge (which includes the 4 stages inside) about once a year, and once in a while I wish the water reservoir with some dish soap and that's it. I don't know how it is for other types of systems ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Heart health: For way more than you could ever want to know about cardiac health and ways to basically eliminate almost all heart disease, check out Peter Attia's book "Outlive". Or check out the podcast episodes he did specifically about this topic, but the book is probably the most condensed and most "how to" place to start.
He basically says that anyone with artery calcification showing on a CT scan should go on statins, and that stops the progression and makes heart disease much much less likely. Combined with exercise and you get a HUGE improvement in outcomes.
Thanks, in addition to the cardio stuff I've gotten interested in forever chemicals. Again, probably TMI, I used to donate double red blood and switched to donating whole blood, which has been proven to reduce PFAS, etc. in the blood over time. It's even in drinking water to some extent, which is why I'm interested in the reverse osmosis.
Attia is great. I've read Outlive and have watched his podcasts. I'm in the process of trying to lower my Apo-B naturally to see how far it'll go (a data point) but have resigned myself to going on a low-dose statin. I like Attia's idea about eliminating not just managing the risk of ASCVD. The big things for me now are keeping saturated fat below 5g/day and taking fish oil and citrus bergamot. In addition to exercise, of course.
Thanks for the info about cloud flare. I have been seeing it crop up more and more intervening between me and attempt to reach a site. It is simple enough to comply with just putting a check mark in the pop up box but I don't like another layer of things my request for a page has to go through.
I didn't understand what its point was since it is so simple to deal with. But I see that obviously it isn't me that is the issue but what I get to look at that matters. The impediment is not intended to be directed at me but at the providers of the content that I look at.
The annoying part is that now they've decided to block all AI bots by default, so if you go in ChatGPT and ask a question and ChatGPT tries to search the web to get you the best, most up to date information, it may hit those walls and be unable to do a full search for you, so you may get a worse answer than you would've gotten pre-Cloudflare blocking AI bots. I think that's unfortunate.
Awesome stuff, as usual. I love most of the stuff from Our World on Data. Whether they intend to or not, they often show that the world is a much better place than it ever has been for most of humanity. And today, they show they have heart...or at least a focus on cardiac health.
Thanks so much for your take on Cloudflare. As you suggest, looking at incentives explains much of how and why actors act. h/t Charlie Munger and Liberty;)
I've been using the Fitbod app, which acts as a trainer, providing workouts with their exercise components. As you mentioned Hevy, I took a quick look. I gather it's more of a logger - you have to put together your own workout from its database of exercises. Please LMK if that's not right.
Yes, Hevy is just a way to track/log workouts and sets, see progression over time, etc. There's a little bit of info about each exercise (you can seen an animation that shows your proper form), but it's mostly for that.
I've heard about Fitbod on podcast apps for years, but I've never tried it. Maybe I should 🤔
How is the reverse osmosis to maintain/clean? We use a humidifier in the winter and I constantly have to wash it to keep mold from growing in it.
Also re: cardiovascular health, this is a subject I recently took upon myself to learn more about. I had some bloodwork done and found I have high Apo-B (a type of cholesterol for you nerds). It's worth getting an advanced panel to check out your own levels. Exercise doesn't bring it down, only diet and sometimes pharma. I didn't realize that it isn't just fat intake but also insulin spikes from refined carbs, sugar, etc. that ultimately lead to higher LDL. The body is a fascinating thing!
Reverse-osmosis: The one I have is minimal maintenance. I change the filter cartridge (which includes the 4 stages inside) about once a year, and once in a while I wish the water reservoir with some dish soap and that's it. I don't know how it is for other types of systems ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Heart health: For way more than you could ever want to know about cardiac health and ways to basically eliminate almost all heart disease, check out Peter Attia's book "Outlive". Or check out the podcast episodes he did specifically about this topic, but the book is probably the most condensed and most "how to" place to start.
He basically says that anyone with artery calcification showing on a CT scan should go on statins, and that stops the progression and makes heart disease much much less likely. Combined with exercise and you get a HUGE improvement in outcomes.
Thanks, in addition to the cardio stuff I've gotten interested in forever chemicals. Again, probably TMI, I used to donate double red blood and switched to donating whole blood, which has been proven to reduce PFAS, etc. in the blood over time. It's even in drinking water to some extent, which is why I'm interested in the reverse osmosis.
Attia is great. I've read Outlive and have watched his podcasts. I'm in the process of trying to lower my Apo-B naturally to see how far it'll go (a data point) but have resigned myself to going on a low-dose statin. I like Attia's idea about eliminating not just managing the risk of ASCVD. The big things for me now are keeping saturated fat below 5g/day and taking fish oil and citrus bergamot. In addition to exercise, of course.
Sounds like you are both keeping informed AND taking action, which puts you way ahead in the game.
Let me know how it goes and if you find some particularly effective ways to keep Apo-B in check. Cheers! 💚 🥃
Love the updates on the side quests/projects!
Great edition to enjoy on my long flight.
Safe travels, Sebastian! Thank you. More to come! 💚 🥃
Thanks for the info about cloud flare. I have been seeing it crop up more and more intervening between me and attempt to reach a site. It is simple enough to comply with just putting a check mark in the pop up box but I don't like another layer of things my request for a page has to go through.
I didn't understand what its point was since it is so simple to deal with. But I see that obviously it isn't me that is the issue but what I get to look at that matters. The impediment is not intended to be directed at me but at the providers of the content that I look at.
The annoying part is that now they've decided to block all AI bots by default, so if you go in ChatGPT and ask a question and ChatGPT tries to search the web to get you the best, most up to date information, it may hit those walls and be unable to do a full search for you, so you may get a worse answer than you would've gotten pre-Cloudflare blocking AI bots. I think that's unfortunate.
Awesome stuff, as usual. I love most of the stuff from Our World on Data. Whether they intend to or not, they often show that the world is a much better place than it ever has been for most of humanity. And today, they show they have heart...or at least a focus on cardiac health.
Thanks so much for your take on Cloudflare. As you suggest, looking at incentives explains much of how and why actors act. h/t Charlie Munger and Liberty;)
"And today, they show they have heart...or at least a focus on cardiac health."
I'm not the only one making dad jokes here! Yay! haha
Glad you enjoyed this Edition, thanks for reading! 💚 🥃
I've been using the Fitbod app, which acts as a trainer, providing workouts with their exercise components. As you mentioned Hevy, I took a quick look. I gather it's more of a logger - you have to put together your own workout from its database of exercises. Please LMK if that's not right.
Yes, Hevy is just a way to track/log workouts and sets, see progression over time, etc. There's a little bit of info about each exercise (you can seen an animation that shows your proper form), but it's mostly for that.
I've heard about Fitbod on podcast apps for years, but I've never tried it. Maybe I should 🤔